Todd W. Wright

Todd Washington Wright (born 11 October 1935) is a former Colonel of the US Army who served in MACV-SOG during the Vietnam War.

Biography
Todd Washington Wright was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 11 October 1935. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1952 and was sent to South Korea near the end of the Korean War. Wright distinguished himself in a mission to rescue 5 stranded South Korean soldiers in North Korean territory on the last week of the war, and his success led to him being promoted into the CIA. Wright performed special missions for them, and was sent with the Green Berets to Vietnam in 1959. Wright served as an advisor to South Vietnam and in 1968, he took part in a special attack on North Vietnamese Army troops in "Operation Whiskey Fox". Wright later commanded troops in other special forces operations in South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam, and remained in the theater until the Vietnam War's final end in 1975 (two years after the US made peace at Paris).

Wright retired in 1980 at the age of 45 and was only allowed to reveal his activities in 2001. Wright currently lives in Houston, Texas.